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#21 of 157 replacing heater housing by squirtspop Nov 10, 2006 (7:53 am)
I just purchased a 2000 Silverado and had problems with air flow direction. I removed the lower dash panels and found that some previous owner had devastated the plastic heater housing. This makes me think he had problems with the air flow also or other heater problems. I replaced the heater control panel and can see that 1 of the gates moves. One further back is hanging by only one end. Question is how hard is it to replace the whole plastic heater housing? Does the heater and all have to be removed to replace it? Any directions greatly appreciated ASAP as cooler weather is on it's way. There is no air movement to the side vents or the defroster causing me to replace the plastic housing Replies to this message: flounder2 (Dec 11, 2006 9:55 am) squirtspop (Dec 11, 2006 2:57 pm)
#22 of 157 Re: replacing heater housing [squirtspop] by flounder2 Dec 11, 2006 (9:55 am)
Replying to: squirtspop (Nov 10, 2006 7:53 am) Mine is acting up also, 99 silverado. There is a gate above the gas petal that was hanging up. I was able to move this gate but was unable to get it to work. Will probably have to replace the actuator motor. Hard to work on and is in a tight spot. Let me know if you find the fix. Replies to this message: squirtspop (Dec 11, 2006 2:57 pm)
#23 of 157 Re: replacing heater housing [flounder2] by squirtspop Dec 11, 2006 (2:57 pm)
Replying to: flounder2 (Dec 11, 2006 9:55 am) I finally found a guy that had bought some trucks in New Orleans that had been in the flood during the hurricane. He was replacing everything in the cab. Bought the whole heater/air conditioner assembly for 50 bucks. Then decided to let someone else do the work. Cost me 447.47 more but I had a new heater core installed. Books says it was 6.7 hours work. I also had them use the actuators that hadn't been in the flood off of the old unit. Works fine now and the cold weather is here.
#24 of 157 Re: '99 Sierra 1500 Dash / Gauge Goofiness [sqhd8] by cwinters Jan 20, 2007 (5:50 pm)
Replying to: sqhd8 (Jul 24, 2006 6:01 am) Yes there is a problem with the gauge clusters on GM cars and trucks from about 1995 and up. As far as I could tell there is no recall. I would add that the problem is not only with GM but most other cars that have electronic dashes. The fix is to have your gauge cluster rebuilt. I have a 2003 Chevy Silverado. My gas gauge just went out. Every time I turned on the key the gauge would go about a ¼ of an inch farther clockwise. My shop checked it out with their plug in computer to check codes and do diagnostic check on the truck. During the check the plug in computer cycles the gauges, my gas gauge would not cycle. But the computer said that my gas tank was 45% full of fuel. That told us that the gas gauge was bad. According to the blogs on the Internet the two most common gauges to fail are the speedometer and the gas gauge.   Now we come to the bad news. Through the Chevy dealer here in Tucson it’s about $550.00 to send the gauge cluster off a get it rebuilt. Plus about $100.00 to pull it out and reinstall it. The price was the same at the repair shop that I use. Again according to the blogs on the Internet that’s the common price everywhere.   Now for the not great news, but almost good news. As I searched the Internet for information after about 8 hours I found Tom Jeroski at Mr. Whizard Technical Services (yes I know he has an h in wizard it must be the way they spell it in Canada) www.mrwhizard.com/ Toll Free 1 888 803 8523. Tom does flat rate repairs for most electronic gauge clusters. I sent my gauge cluster Mr. Whizard with his supplied prepaid UPS label, which is covered in this flat rate price. Yes that’s right shipping is covered both ways for UPS ground. The only small problem is that it takes two weeks for the round trip. But again the good news is that the truck will run and drive with out the gauge cluster.   On the Mr. Whizard website you will find instructions on how to remove your gauge cluster. I was able to unsnap the dash trim (one piece) and pull my gauge cluster out (the cluster is held in with four 7 mm screws) and put back the dash part in under15 minutes. It was a snap to say the least. lol   The flat rate for my 2003 Chevy Silverado truck was $169.00 US. Tom lives in Canada so you will see an exchange rate thing on your credit card but it still comes down to $169.00 US. By the way Tom did both my gas gauge motor and my speedometer motor for the one flat rate charge. Tom said he likes to replaces the GM speedometer motor because they fail so often.   I put the gauge cluster in today and it works great. Saved $381.00 to 481.00 depending on whether you do the work yourself or not. Now I can go get that GPS unit I wanted.
#25 of 157 Re: Speedometer [efultz] by 2bad4me Jan 29, 2007 (11:41 pm)
Replying to: efultz (Jul 18, 2006 9:43 am) My speedometer quit working. The dealer said they had to replace the whole cluster for only 450.00 but that was for them to install it. I ended up getting a reconditioned one for 250.00 and installed it myself. That was back in June.Now the new one just broke and its only warrented for 1200 miles. So now I have to get another one.I think it would be cheaper to go to school to fix the #!/% things. The dealer said the place they order from are GM certified Itold him not to brag about that.
#26 of 157 Heated seat inop. by engine103 Feb 01, 2007 (8:57 pm)
#27 of 157 Heated seat inop. by engine103 Feb 01, 2007 (8:57 pm)
After 60,000 + miles, my drivers seat heat has become inop. only staying on for a few minutes before shutting off on it's own. Is there a circuit breaker for this or is it on a thermostat. Thanks Replies to this message: kiernan_2001 (Feb 04, 2008 1:21 pm)
#28 of 157 2005 Sierra Passenger mirror by atarby Jan 25, 2007 (3:31 pm)
#29 of 157 2005 Sierra Passenger mirror by atarby Oct 31, 2006 (8:16 am)
Just recently bought a used 05' Sierra. Great truck so far but one thing I need to do is replace is the passenger mirror. It has a crack in but the turn signal still functions and the motor still works for position. Obvisously the mirror is one with the turn signal built into it and I am looking for anyone to walk me through the process of replacing it?? Dealer quoted me $217 for just the mirror part, I am assuming I do not need to replace the whole mirror unit but just the glass?   Anybody relplaced the mirror before? Anybody know where I can get one cheaper? Replies to this message: abbykay (Jan 07, 2007 8:56 am) 04cad (Jul 17, 2009 7:32 pm) davethecarnut (Jul 20, 2009 8:49 pm) and 1 more... ahoron (Jan 24, 2007 10:12 pm) fgjw (Oct 17, 2007 5:59 pm)
#30 of 157 Re: 2005 Sierra Passenger mirror [atarby] by abbykay Jan 07, 2007 (8:56 am)
Replying to: atarby (Oct 31, 2006 8:16 am) Did you ever figure out how to replace it? I tried prying the back of the mirror housing out, but was afraid to push too hard. Also tried to pry the gasket off, but was afraid to break it. I already scratched it trying. Replies to this message: 04cad (Jul 17, 2009 7:32 pm) davethecarnut (Jul 20, 2009 8:49 pm) obyone (Jul 21, 2009 12:06 pm)

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